Fermi High School - Traces Yearbook (Enfield, CT)

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An August Year Senior privileges, two bone-chilling rains on Homecoming and Thanksgiving, the Florida trip, the 18th birthdays, the parties, the “Save the Doughnuts campaign, the SAT verbal review course with Cindy Vranich, the tradi- tional senior activities of Spring — could one year really contain all this? Well, 1986 did. 1986 — our year. A CONTEMPLATING OUR FUTURES was an activity none of us could escape from. After all the dances, parties, and fun, serious decisions had to be made con- cerning life after Fermi. Would we follow a well-beaten path away from the school? Could we be as secure in blazing our own path? TYPICAL CLASSTIME in June? Though it ' s unsure who or what Kathy Kurkul was trying to portray in this skit from Catch-22, she only came across as herself. No, that ' s not true — Kathy would never really have her mouth shut like that. (Just kid- ding, baby.) W

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A IN HIS SOPHOMORE YEAR, Todd Clukey was perplexed by some of the school ' s older typewriters. However, modem typewriters, computers, and word processors replaced all outdated models by senior year. ◄ IT MUST BE HARD to smile for a camera shot when you ' re wearing the uniforms of a defunct school, especially when you ' re actually representing another. But that ' s what the freshman boys ' teams of the class of ' 86 had to put up with. The absence of Fermi uniforms ironcially proved to be a help, for it mobilized some of us to act and to defend ourselves as members of the school; otdy showing that although the Fermi name may have been miss- ing, Fermi spirit was not. ◄ OUR HOMECOMING FLOAT of freshman year! Homecoming 1982 proved to be the first unifying experience for our class. The float symbolized our emergence as Fermi Falcons from our junior high school loyalties. The spirit revealed at our first Fermi homecoming sparked a fever which would last us through our senior year.

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A THE EVERYDAY MEETING place — where just about everything could be shared, from laughs to secrets to homework to the details of last weekend. The series of identical, empty lockers exist only through the summer; while school is in session, each locker will be individualized with the paraphernalia of its user. ◄ FINALS WEEK at Fermi. And just what is there to do before a final? Among other choices. Rich DePolt hit the hack, a popular pastime in 1986. The players of the game would gather around one another in a circle. The object was to keep the ball in the air, but they couldn ' t use their hands or arms to ac- complish that. Hey, if you were bored, why not? ◄ WHAT WE ALL looked forward to from day one — the minute we ' d have that diploma in hand! Pete Calcasola realizes the seriousness of this ocas- sion. THE CLASS OF ' 86 HITS FLORIDA! Seniors who coasted to Florida in April received an early outbreak of Spring fever. A new perspective was had by many, and the experience brought the xp clo members of the class much oser together.